SimEarth - The Living Planet

by: Maxis Software Inc.

Publication date: 1990

Also For
Amiga, FM Towns, Macintosh, PC-98, SEGA CD, Sharp X68000, SNES, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Windows 3.x
Developed by
Maxis Software Inc.
Published by
Maxis Software Inc.
Released
1990

Genre
Educational, Simulation
Perspective
Top-down
Educational
Ecology / Nature

Description

SimEarth puts you in charge of an entire planet throughout its 10 billion year lifespan. Your ultimate task is to guide the planet’s inhabitants into the stars, from its humble single-celled roots.

The main threats you face include pollution, disease, famine, war and global warming. The controls available to you include the chance to move mountains and continents, creating different levels of species, and unleash tidal waves and earthquakes so as to reshape your planet. All of these things take from your limited energy, which must be replenished.

From Mobygames.com. Original Entry

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Addeddate: 2014-12-27 00:11:38

Emulator: dosbox

Emulator_ext: zip

Emulator_start: simearth/SIMEARTH/SIMEARTH.EXE

Identifier: msdos_SimEarth_-_The_Living_Planet_1990

Mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/simearth-the-living-planet

Mobygames_also_for: Amiga, FM Towns, Macintosh, PC-98, SEGA CD, Sharp X68000, SNES, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Windows 3.x

Mobygames_developed_by: Maxis Software Inc.

Mobygames_educational: Ecology / Nature

Mobygames_genre: Educational, Simulation

Mobygames_perspective: Top-down

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Reviewer: Julian Kowalcic615 - - September 23, 2022
Subject: This game is an inspiration for me. It still has some problems.

This game, while unconventional, has provided me many hours of awe. I love messing around with the planet just to see how life will adapt.

I must admit that there is a lot on focus on aibiotic factors rather than biotic ones which I'm not a fan of. I wish that evolution happened more fequently and more intellegently. Freshly evolved clades of orginisms will sometimes immediately go extinct. Sometimes you can try and force evolution but it you also may mess everything up.

Still, I feel like this game deserves more attention as it is a fun passtime.

Reviewer: davidar - - July 6, 2018
Subject: Manual

https://www.freegameempire.com/games/SimEarth/manual

Reviewer: I SUCK - - May 26, 2018
Subject: thankyou

Honestly, I probably would never have of been able to play this wonderful game if it weren't up on this website. its very hard to get things that originally ran on do to work on a computer running windows 10. Thanks Maxis!

Reviewer: GigzLopez - - December 12, 2016
Subject: My favorite game yet...

it may be suprising im part of the new Genertion, thus im not hit with nostalgia since here was the first time i played this... but even tho i love all the new games and stuff, this one is one of my favorite games of all time!! I am known for loving a lot of Retro games but this one is one of the greatest games ive played, along with SimLife and SimAnt!! i just love these more than Spore or the Sims or SimCity for some reason!! so i give it a 5 Star!!

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